Complete the sentences below using the as... as similes in the box. As white as snow, as smooth as silk, as slow as a snail, as free as a bird,
as light as a feather, as cold as ice, as blind as a bat, as black as coal, as
changeable as weather
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1. The night was…
2. Her hateful eyes were
3. Without my glasses, I am…
4. Her face has become…
5. The bicycle looks heavy, but it feels..
6. On the first day of his vacation, the boy felt…
7. My computer is very fast at times, and at other times…
a snail
8. When I was a child, a man of seventy seemed to me to be
9. After using our body lotion, your skin is guaranteed to feel…

1. It's too early to discuss this question now
2. It's important to tell him today when we are leaving.
3. It's winter. It's rather cold It often snows and sometimes.
I don't want to go out of doors at all.
4. It is difficult to get up early in winter because it's still dark in the morning
5. Boris knows German and French, so it is easy for him to learn English.
6. Is it difficult for you to walk? Let's take a taxi, shall we?
7. It isn't strange at all that Sidorov has graduated from the Institute at last,
he studied a lot.
8. Is it raining yet? - Not yet, but soon it's going to.
9. When I left home it was raining
10. How often does it rain here?
11. It was still raining this morning, and now it's snowing.
12. Last week it often snowed 

7. You look frozen. Sit down by the fire and I will make you a cup of tea. - Future Simple
8. By the end of January he has been working at the University for 10 years - Present Perfect Continuous
9.I did this sort of work when I was the army. - Past Simple
10.He went out ten minutes ago. - Past Simple

7. Вы выглядите замерзшим. Сядьте у огня, и я сделаю вам чашечку чая.
8. К концу января он будет работать в университете уже 10 лет.
9. Я делал такую работу, когда я был в армии.
10. Он вышел десять минут назад.